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"Stealing with Style"

When rare and valuable pieces mysteriously start showing up at the local Salvation Army store -- tucked into an oven mitt, hidden in a quilt -- expert appraiser Sterling Glass is brought in to evaluate their worth. As she researches the origins of a rare urn, one strange detail leads to another. Before long she uncovers an intricate plot involving a slew of antique treasures, the oldest families of Leemont, Virginia, some sophisticated scammers, and shifty associates at New York's most prestigious auction houses. Add to that one elderly man trying to preserve his family's treasured collection of bronze and ivory Art Deco sculptures, and Sterling finds herself tangled in a web of greed, deceit, and danger.

Stealing with Style, introduces a writer of great wit who has a grand sense of the mystery of our most prized possessions.

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When Emyl Jenkins decided to try her hand at fiction, she took to heart a common piece of advice: write what you know. Translating her 20-plus years in the field of antiques to the page, Emyl has penned the first book in a planned mystery series set in the world of antiques. Chockfull of fun, suspense, and Southern charm, Stealing with Style stars the sparkling heroine Sterling Glass, antiques expert and part-time sleuth. Emyl's fiction debut is being billed as "mystery and mayhem meets Antiques Roadshow" and is a guaranteed original, no fakes or reproductions here. Mystery fans will definitely want to set aside an afternoon to go antiquing with Sterling and Emyl.

-- Amy Cox Williams, Advance






Stealing with Style is Emyl Jenkins' debut novel. And a stunning debut it is. The storyline is interesting, the characters are inviting and the information about antiques is absolutely intriguing. If you want an extremely satisfying read, this is the book. You will enjoy it. Mark my words, Emyl Jenkins is going to be a star!

-- Andrea Sisco, Armchair Interviews